Do you like dogs or cats better? Do you like mutts or purebreds? Do you have more than one? Do you have both? I had a grand time playing with Bibi’s Cats and Pugs collection of dies.
Unfortunately, I am allergic to cats but I still love them…just can’t pet them. My daughter has two calico cats so this cat card is for Emma and Bug.
The dies are big and easy to put together with some scoring to show where the top layering pieces go on the bottom layers. The coloring was where I got creative but found that the Distress inks were easy to use with an almost dry brush. I smushed some ink onto an acrylic block and spritzed it with water. With a fan or straight paint brush I dipped into the ink I created the strokes on the cat parts to look ‘hairy’. I used Distress tea dye and vintage photo inks mostly and might have thrown in a darker brown too. The tea dye ink is great for that reddish brown tone in the calico. For the ears I added a touch of pink (whatever was on my blending brush) then a few strokes of brown – cuz the inside of ears are hairy too.
For the background I used one of my favorite embossing folders from Spellbinders – the Diamond Plaid on some kraft cardstock. There is a base die cut of the cat that allows a small white rim and helps the cat stand out against the background.
I do have a dog…but this GoldenDoodle doesn’t look like a pug at all. LOL So this guy is for my stepson’s Boston Terrier -who is much skinnier than a pug but the coloring could be the same. Meet Toby and Lexi.
I started with black cardstock for the pug… this gives him a black rim to help him stand out from the white background. For his coloring it was just adding black and gray in appropriate spots to be similar in coloring to Toby. Again the layering of the dies were easy with the scored lines on the base cuts.
What do you think? Did I capture the coloring of them both? Show me some pictures of your cats and dogs.
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Hugs, Penny
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